Post by Edita Vilkevičiūtė on Apr 3, 2013 10:58:43 GMT -8
Photoshoot #1: Basic Beauty Shot
This shoot will be very basic and simple, we want you to produce the best beauty shot you can. This should be simple on makeup and hair. You can have makeup just do not make it look like a clown, a red lip or mascara is fine, or having your hair look like you've gone through a hurricane. The focus should be your face and nothing too edgy.
This photograph that you submit will become your avatar, so make sure it is something you want to look at the rest of the game.
This shoot will be very basic and simple, we want you to produce the best beauty shot you can. This should be simple on makeup and hair. You can have makeup just do not make it look like a clown, a red lip or mascara is fine, or having your hair look like you've gone through a hurricane. The focus should be your face and nothing too edgy.
This photograph that you submit will become your avatar, so make sure it is something you want to look at the rest of the game.
Judging #1: Basic Beauty Shot
Ashley:
Montana: Your eyes are just stunning, they have intensity but not to the point where you look like you're mad. I like how much you highlighted your beauty, we see those great eyebrows accenting those eyes. The hint of open mouth to show off that gap in your teeth just really gives us another dimension to your beauty, you give us that unique look with the freckles too. There is a lot of features that you're showing off with such a nice simple beauty shot. I'm really impressed with this. I have to also add, this is such a HUGE step up from what you submitted to me for advise.
Mario:
Simplicity: Perfection.
Face: Perfection.
Conventions: Perfection.
Modelling: Watch out for the neck. You could be transmitting EVEN more with the eyes. Being a top contender is hard; you already have a target on your back.
Jamie: I think the think I don't like about this is your mouth I like the rest and would have preferred to see it in black and white
Candice:
Mario:
Simplicity: Natural, simple look. Get rid of the lipstick.
Face: Beautiful, great lips. Connect more with your eyes. Huge jawline! get rid of it!
Conventions: Only negative: lipstick.
Modelling: Lacks potential. Your eyes and jawline are lacking modelling power.
Jamie: Overall I disagree with Mario on the eyes. I like them and I think that the eyes are one of the more captivating elements of this photo I love the color. The thing that really doesn't sell it it that the top and back of your head is cut off. Overall I'll give a 74%
Montana: I get where Mario was coming from, at first I was looking at it and it didn't look like your expression had anything behind it. The more I look at it, the more I find that there is a Barbie like spark that comes from it, maybe not the strongest but better than I originally thought. I find you need to learn to use facial tension because it would give more life to the shot, seems like your expression is super relaxed. Had your mouth been closed it would have elevated the shot a bit more, gives you a less plastic quality, this shot still shows your beauty.
Coco:
Montana: This shot is so stunning, this is a great beauty shot. I wish you had toned down a bit on the eyeshadow, I felt the red lipstick was enough but with the eye shadow it makes it seem more like a makeup shot rather than a basic beauty photo. I think your features are showcased very nicely and elegantly, your jawline is very prominent from the shadowing which is great work with finding great angles. Your eyes are just piercing even though they aren't looking at the camera and I think the flowing hair adds to the quality of the shot but not distracting from the beautiful features of your face.
Mario:
Simplicity: Nothing simple about the photo. Not even your modelling.
Face: Beautiful face, eyes, cheekbones, mouth. For a beauty shot, we need less strength.
Conventions: Good size and zoom. Too many distractions, too much makeup.
Modelling: Great potential. Modelling is there, all across the picture. Mouth too stiff. I want a bit of more neck.
Jamie: I like this phot a lot it's clearly stunning I do think it could be stronger in some ways but overall it's good
Edita:
Montana: You know your eyes are stunning and I love them in this pictures but that wisp of hair that has blown across your face just is not a good element because it distracts a bit from your facial features. I wish you had shown off those amazing cheeckbones that I know you have, you had to tone down the shot a bit more. The rose adds a nice element but does it take a bit yes, I wish that this shot I just looked at you the entire time but so many things are taking my eyes off you. I still love those eyes but it isn't enough to save the shot, this was looking for basic.
Mario:
Simplicity: Face and Skin are simple. The rose and hair are not.
Face: Beautiful face but there's something off with the eyes, mouth and hair.
Conventions: The rose is a distraction.
Modelling: I'm worried about your modelling. Nothing in the picture says you're a model, except from your beauty. Beauty is not enough. STEP IT UP.
Jamie: I don't know I guess I would have liked to see something showcased in color as opposed to black and white
Freja:
Montana: There's a very soft serene quality that you're giving us in this picture. I like how simple this is and really is about your face, very natural. You're typically very hard but you gave us something that shows just your natural beauty. Your eyes, cheekbone and jawline are nice, I wish your lips weren't so chapped. Had you posed a bit more symmetric to show off a bit more of your face shape and straightened your posture it would have given us a great neck too.
Mario:
Simplicity: Perfection: hair, eyes, face, mouth. Get rid of that distracting background.
Face: Beautiful, great eyes. Be careful with crooked nose and face; get to know your angles.
Conventions: Could be more close up. Background distraction.
Modelling: Potential. Eyes tell a story. Get to know your angles.
Jamie: Your eyes are what I really like here they are Soo captivating
Ginta:
Mario:
Simplicity: Clean face, pure hair, tranquil eyes. Get rid of the feathers!
Face: Gorgeous face, eyes, mouth and skin. Give me more with the eyes.
Conventions: THAT SIZE IS UNACCEPTABLE. Give me more zoom in the face. There are no edgy elements in the photo nor makeup that's distracting; on the plus side.
Modelling: Everything to be a model. The eyes are weird.
Montana: This shot had the potential to show off a softness and natural beauty. I find that the eyes are a bit too harsh for the entire shot which comes off trying to be ethereal. I'm having a bit of a problem with the back of your neck the way it is folding over was avoidable had you of elongated that neck a bit more. Your face is very nicely positioned especially since your chin is not leading, creating nice angular shape to it, defining your jaw nicely. I think this is way better than the one you submitted for advise on, which I did not like at all.
Jamie: I agree with Montana. Although I do like the skin texture and tone
Jessica:
Mario:
Simplicity: Hair color and shape: NOT GOOD. Makeup: NOT GOOD. Photo edit: NOT GOOD. Everything going on with your hands: NOT GOOD. The face, which was the hardest thing to portray in a natural simple way: GOOD.
Face: Beautiful, great eyes, elegant, great profile. Only negative: your jawline.
Conventions: Give me more close up, makeup, hair, hands and photo edit are a distraction.
Modelling: You've got potential! Face projects. Body placement is mighty fine.
Montana: Jessica, going with a profile for a beauty shot to show off your features is a risky move. I find that very few shots would have impressed me enough in profile. I don't find this to show off your face along with your great beauty. There is a lot going on with the hair/bangs, hand and jewelry, you had to really simplify this more and just show off those amazing eyes which we can see here but had you created more focus on them it would have been a killer shot.
Jamie:
Philip:
Mario:
Simplicity: Mouth and background do portray a simple nature. Your face and shirt are too much for a beauty simple shot.
Face: Gorgeous, The face is there by default. However, we were asking for beauty and simplicity and you're giving us too much in the face.
Conventions: Distracting features in the eyes and positioning of your face.
Modelling: Potential is there. You do have a model potential everywhere. Wrong week to be kinky and sexy... Maybe next week!
Jamie: I think you tried to stretch this and it didn't work to your advantage
Montana: This shot looks cramped. Doing such a close-up, you tried to put a lot into one shot but had you of relaxed those shoulders, it would have created a longer neck and have made this shot better. You needed a bit more model tension in the face, it would have created such a stronger look but your eyes are the best part of this shot which is a good thing, it really shows that you know how to work your features.
River:
Jamie: This looks good I like the angle and the simple nature of this photograph
Mario:
Simplicity: Background, sweater and intention in your face are not simple.
Face: Beauty all around.
Conventions: Face could be simpler, background is distracting.
Modelling: Modelling doesn't fit the theme but shows your amazing potential.
Montana: Your collar is a bit big, you could have used angles to create a different perception of the shot because it is coming more towards us than you, it grabs more attention. This shot has a very simple feel to it that I like about it, had your eyes been a bit more fixated at us it could have created a more commanding shot about you instead of the fashion. I like the angle of your face, it catches the light well but definitely looking at the camera would have enhanced this more for me.
Simon:
Mario:
Simplicity: Perfection.
Face: Perfection.
Conventions: Perfection.
Modelling: 98/100 in perfection. Your eyes could transmit an eenie meenie more.
Jamie: Very nice I can't find a lot wrong why this photo and that's what I love about it
Montana: I have to say I am impressed with this! Huge step up from what you sent in, although you're still not connecting to the camera for me that doesn't matter because every other one of your features is highlighted very well. I love the neck, I think you gave the best neck this entire round I've judged, which helps create a nice shadowing to show the contrast of that great jaw. I think you found tension in your face as well, you're giving something with those eyes, had they been directed at the camera I think this shot would have blown me away. Still a very strong showing from you this very first round.
Vlada:
Mario:
Simplicity: Too much makeup, too much hair, background is distracting, dress is distracting. Your face does it.
Face: Sexy mouth, piercing eyes, clean skin.
Conventions: Background is too much, there are various elements that are distracting. Perfect size.
Modelling: Transmit more with the eyes; everything is in you to be the greatest model. Give me more neck.
Jamie: I like this I'm not like Mario so don't expect a long explanation as to why I so but I like the lighting and your face mostly
Montana: I feel this shot could have used some cropping, because of the more rectangular shape of the picture and the face being more in the corner you left room for us to pay attention to your hair and shoulder as well. Had this been a hair challenge, I think this would be a great shot but I wanted this more about your face. When I focus on your face, it is super lovely, it has such an elegance but with a commanding stare. I think you had a lot going on but you still turned out a great photograph of your beauty.
